Is there really such a person as Lu Ban in history?

Lu Ban is the most famous craftsman in the history of China. Born in 507 BC, Lu was born in the Spring and Autumn Period. Lu Ban, Ji surname, Gong Bo surname, same name. Also known as public loss, public loss, class loss, Lu style. "Ban" and "Ban" are homophones. These two words were very common in ancient times, so people often called him Lu Ban.

Lu Ban lived from the late Spring and Autumn Period to the early Warring States Period, and was born in a family of artisans for generations. Since childhood, I have participated in many civil and construction projects with my family, gradually mastered productive labor skills and accumulated rich practical experience. Hand tools commonly used in carpentry, such as drilling, planing, shoveling, ruler and Mo Dou for marking, are said to have been invented by Lu Ban, so Lu Ban is called the originator of carpenters in China.

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The story of Lu Ban and Mozi:

Legend has it that Luban used to chop wood to make wooden magpies, and he could fly for three days without landing. Therefore, Lu Ban is complacent and thinks he is smart. But what Lu Ban thought was "ingenious" was not recognized by Mozi, but was criticized by Mozi as clumsy and useless.

Mozi's criticism of Lu Ban is recorded in "Mozi Lu Wen": "It is better to be a magpie than a car, and Liu Sancun is as important as fifty stones. Therefore, what you do, people are smart, and people are stupid. "

This means that the wooden magpie made by Lu Ban is not as good as the bolts at both ends of the axle made by himself, and only three inches of wood can pull the weight of fifty stones. Therefore, the so-called smart, helpful to people is smart, and useless is clumsy.

After hearing this, Lu Ban was deeply touched. Later, he devoted himself to the people and invented many practical wood products, which was praised as "the father of craftsmen" by later generations.

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